Combination floor board



NDV. 25, .1930. E GRlMM 1,782,817 GMBINATION FLOOR BOARD Filed Jan l2, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l IN V EN TOR. @fo/raf (Jie/Mr Nov. 25, 1930.

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' uira STMES coMBrNAron rnooaiao'linnflll f appncaeonfmea January 1ajie2a-- Sefii iva-istria? j This invention relates to motor vehicles,

and `more particularly to floor-boards'for mo- "Htoifvehicles having batteriesbeneath `the Hoor.

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4@ne 'of the `objects of theinvention is to provide a floonboard for a motor-vehicle havi ing a battery beneath the hoor, that will be readily removable for inspecting the'battery.

.rlnother objectoi the invention is to pro vide divided `floor-board for a motor-vehi# cle, in which one of the floor-board .divisions A further object-of theinvention is to'prol vide a divided removable floor-b`oard `for -a `motorvehiele in which the adyacent edges o the divided portions are maintained in alignment. l

Other objects of the invention will appear trom the description to follow'covering certain embodiments of the invention which, for

the purposes of the `present application, I

ings, in which Figure I is a plan view of a portion of a motor vehicle with f the 'floor-board removed, showing the battery in position.

Fig. II is a side elevation ofthe portion of a motorvehicle shown in Fi QI. g FigQIII isa plan view 0% the .portion'of av l motor vehicle shown in Figs. I and II with the licor-boards in place. Fig. IV is a plan view of the larger portion of thedivided floor-board.

Fig. V is a sectional yview on a larger scale taken on line a-a of Fig. III. I y

Fig. VIis a plan view of the smaller or battery covering portion of the floor-board.

Fig: VII is an end viewoic the floor-board shown in Fig. IV.

Fig. VIII is an end view of the licor-board shown in Fig. VI.

` Motor vehicle batteries are frequently: susy bothersome, and usually requires the removal of anumber ofbolts which are used to rigidly securethe floor-board tothe vehiclel present invention purposes toreliminate the' `be;fore-mentioned annoyances by dividing thev l TOLEDO', onrqnssrenon mofrrn wrLLvsM-ovnnnaiin contraria', n or Torrano, oHIo, A conronla'rlonorj omo.' I i floor-board longitudinally of vthjeij'jvehicle andf` vehicle; lf"- independe'ntly securing eachportion Lto i the- Referring to the drawings, `irn-wh-ich like characters referjtolilie 4arts throughout the views, I' have shown a`= oor-1bo`ard1 composed oi a .portion 1 and a"smallerportion-`2which align and approximately :meet on the line`3. Portion 1lis'preferablysecuredto thevehicle bodyfbyga plurality of` bolts 4g which "secure` the board -tothebody-sill and to' the bracket 1 6.` Portion2, which need be but slightly larger than theftop ot battery l 7, is preferably securedtotheopposite bodyisill f5, bya smaller l number of boltse, one onlybeing shown inthe `drawing )which number d usually suflicesi Bracket Whh Supportsthe rearinner 'cor'f 1161's Of lOOlLboard port1ons1 and2, isselr cured toany suitable body parts suchas heel boardS and ixedflloor 9; byscrews 10, and` should be of sufficient width to allow both portions 1 and'2to` vrest thereon.` The `for ward edge of the licor boardportions are preferably supported by "a il( nged member 11, attachedto the toe board 12 by any `suitable means such as screws `13.

ment may allow some slightmisali nment of portions 1 and 2. Therefore I pre er to pro` vide one of the floor board portions with a `hanged moulding 14, which overlaps the adthe board portion bysuitable `means such as screws 16, thesprings being so formed that they bear against the under side of the ad-r jacent hoor-board portion and maintain the moulding 14 in resilienty contact with the u`n `derlying adiacent board. l y A pended from the frame of the vehicle, and

bers 18 by any suitable means such as brackets19, and I prefer to make floor-boardportion 2 somewhat larger than the top ofbattery 7, so that the battery `maybe removed, as

The `beore-mentioned method of {attachii well as inspected, without disturbing portion 1.

It may be readily seen from the foregoing description, that I have provided a floor board which is fully as substantial and neat in appearance as the conventional Hoor-board, and in addition permits the independent removal of a small portion scarcely larger than the top of the underlying battery. If desired, the larger portion of the floor-board may be firmly secured to the vehicle by a greater number of bolts than is ordinarily used, as the infrequent removaloll the larger portion permits more permanent fastening means than that used with the full width board employed heretofore.

Vhile I have illustrated and described somewhat in detail, certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that this showing and description are illustrated only,

" and that I do not regard the invention as limited to the details of construction illustrated and described, except insofar as I have included such limitations within the terms of the following claim.

I claim as my invention:

In a motor vehicle having abattery, a floor board above the battery, said floor-board being formed in two independent sections, one

,l of which is immediately above the battery and readily removable, a ange on one of said sections for engagingthe upper edge of the adjacent section, and spring means inde pendent of the flange on one of said sections for urging the other section against said llange.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature.

GEORGE E. GRIMM. 

